"Now playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, number 87 …
"Malkin waiting for Crosby in KHL"
"Everybody’s waiting for him here,” Malkin told Sportbox.ru. “I know that his agent called [Metallurg’s general manager, Gennady] Velichkin. But no decision has been made yet. Crosby has pretty big insurance. I don’t know how they’ll resolve this issue.”
So the two-headed monster, as ROOT Sports’ Bob Errey likes to call Malkin and Crosby, might be headed for a reunion.
If the 2012-13 NHL season gets cancelled, then this is what Penguins fans and hockey fans in general have to look forward to.
“Playing with such as Crosby as a partner is a pleasure,” Jeno explained. “He's the best hockey player in the world. Of course, I miss him and Pittsburgh. I can call this city my second home. But it turned out that I’m playing here now. It’s a joy for Russian players to compete in their own land at their favorite arenas, making the fans happy.”
A couple years ago, who would’ve guessed that the best hockey in the world would be played in Russia?
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Dave Molinari @MolinariPG
Orpik, Lovejoy and Engelland are, as expected, the only three Penguins skating at Southpointe today.
ben lovejoy @RevLovejoy6
Prob gonna be a rough practice today. Told Orpik and Engelland how I really felt about them last night. May have taken Mayan thing too far.
Dave Molinari @MolinariPG
Watching Orpik, Lovejoy and Engelland work out is kind of like a skills competition, without most of the skills.
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It doesn’t take a Mayan Apocalypse to be thankful for every day, but it does reinforce the feeling.
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Slava Malamud writes the excellent article
”Russian stars took center stage for first time in ’92-93".
“Arriving in Buffalo, Mogilny had a particularly tough time adjusting to American culture and the NHL style of play, and as he would later admit in interviews, had to battle fears of being kidnapped by the KGB. Yet all of these problems were dwarfed by the fact that, "in Buffalo, for the first time ever, I felt a free man," he said in a 2007 interview with Russia's Sport-Express. As for his talents, they weren't quite freed up to flourish in the dump-and-chase North American game until the Sabres acquired Pat LaFontaine and paired him with the still somewhat enigmatic Russian, giving birth to an incredibly dynamic duo.”
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Penguins VP Tom McMillan says 45 season ticket holders have
cancelled their subscriptions during the lockout.
The organization has 16,000-plus full season-ticket equivalencies and a waiting list of 9500 fans.
What a far cry from the days when Pittsburgh averaged 6839 fans the year before drafting Mario Lemieux. A link to season attendance since 1967-68 can be found
here.
Full disclosure: Moving down to seats near the glass was the thing to do.
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Fiscal Cliffs of Dover has a ring to it.
Eric Johnson approves.
If the fiscal cliff is so horrible, why is the Dow near five-year highs? I'm just sayin'
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Treasure Life!
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